Roanoke Wins Awards and Acclaim!
Rankings / Awards:
The Roanoke Valley was ranked 25th on Expansion Management magazine's list of the Top 50 Hottest Cities for business expansion and relocation. The area is also named as a Five-Star Location for expanding and relocating companies, based on low crime rates, affordable
housing, low costs of living, good schools and easy access.
Southern Business and Development Magazine ranked Roanoke 10th in the nation in mid-sized and small markets for economic development / job creation.
Expansion Magazine named Roanoke County public schools a Gold Medal Award winner, indicating that the school system is in the top 15% of public schools in the state.
A 1999 study by Old Dominion University researchers ranked the Roanoke Valley
11th in the nation in real per capita income, and first among Virginia's metropolitan areas.
According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Rates, Roanoke is the safest metropolitan area in the state.
Center in the Square, the multi-organizational arts facility in Downtown Roanoke, received a 1999 Downtown Achievement Award from the International Downtown Association. Center in the Square was also named
one of five finalists for the 1997 Rudy Bruner Award for Excellence in the Urban Environment.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine named the Roanoke Valley one of the 10
healthiest places to live in the United States.
The Roanoke City Farmer's Market has been named, along with Central Park and the French Quarter, as one of America's Great Public Places.
Parenting magazine has called the Roanoke Valley one of the ten best places to raise a family in the United States.
A University of Kentucky study rated Roanoke one of the nation's top 20 cities for quality of life.
Money magazine named Roanoke as the third most livable Southern city.
Places Rated Almanac rated Roanoke 59th among 351 metropolitan areas surveyed for quality health care, beating out such places as Cincinnati, Nashville, Denver and Richmond.
The National Association of Homebuilders named Roanoke as the most affordable housing market in Virginia.
Inc. magazine has named the Roanoke Valley one of the U.S.'s top 100 hot spots for business development.
Zero Population Growth, Inc. ranks the Roanoke Valley among the least stressful locations in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Education has recognized Roanoke Valley schools for being among the best in the United States.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has touted downtown Roanoke's revitalization as one of America's ten best.
Roanoke County Department of Economic Development
P.O. Box 29800
5204 Bernard Drive, SW Room 421
Roanoke, VA 24018-0798
540-772-2069
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